FMLink Newsletter — October 31, 2016
TOP STORIES
Benchmarking your security performance (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)
Protecting against paint failures and hazards (How To » BOMI International)
BIFM Sustainability Survey shows shifting environment of FM (Surveys)
BOMA identifies most, least expensive office markets in USA (Surveys)
Navigant Research: Commercial building automation systems market at a crossroads (Surveys)
SecureAuth: 69% of organizations to stop using passwords within 5 years (Surveys)
AIA: Growth in architecture firms led by green building renovations (Surveys)
Energy-efficient intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to Building2Grid, finds Navigant Research (Surveys)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Happening this week
Nov 1 – Nov 2 : NFMT Vegas (National Facilities Management and Technology Conference/Expo)
Nov 1 – Nov 2 : O.CON ’16: The Office Conference (office real estate)
Nov 2 – Nov 4 : Design-Build Conference & Expo
Nov 2 – Nov 4 : EDspaces (The Conference & Expo on Learning Environments)
Nov 2 : PRSM Canada West (retail facilities maintenance)
Nov 3 : BUILDEX Express
Posted this week
Nov 23 – Nov 24 : MEFMA Confex KSA
Feb 22 – Feb 24 : Japan Facility Management Association (JFMA) Forum 2017
MORE STORIES
Protect polished concrete floors with concrete care solutions from Sealed Air’s Diversey Care (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring)
Dyson hygienic hand dryer now 30% quieter (Products and Services » Other)
Delta-Q Technologies intros optimized battery chargers for floor-care machines (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring)
UL issues first certification for remote guarding through use of command and control (Developments » Security Issues)
HOK/CoreNet Global report examines impact of coworking on corporate real estate (Surveys)
ASHRAE, AHRI work to phase down HFCs; commend Montreal Protocol amendment (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)
Acuity Brands wireless lighting controls simplify LED retrofit (Products and Services » Lighting)
NREL announces winner for crowdsourcing residential energy-efficiency smartphone app (Developments » Industry Awards)
Furnishings provider West Elm expands into hospitality with West Elm Hotels (Developments » Corporate and Organization)
ISSA offers live stream video from ISSA/INTERCLEAN show in Chicago October 25-28 (Associations and Organizations)
Design projects meeting carbon reduction targets with mixed results, finds AIA (Surveys)
Web site to connect construction site safety professionals with NYC developers (Products and Services » Services)
ASIS to evaluate private security companies standard for Department of Defense (Developments » Security Issues)
UL Environment, International WELL Building Institute join to promote healthier buildings (Associations and Organizations)
AIA Innovation Award winners highlight design/construction collaboration (Developments » Industry Awards)
“Built Environment” portal now part of Climate Resilience Toolkit (Products and Services » Publications)
Schneider Electric actuator creates strong foundation for smart buildings (Products and Services » Energy)
